European Foundation for Democracy

EFD partners with grassroots activists who are working to ensure that immigrant communities are successfully integrated into Europe’s liberal-democratic societies. We facilitate networking and joint advocacy on issues such as interfaith dialogue, counter-radicalisation, forced marriages and honour crimes.

EFD monitors how extremist ideologies promoting terrorism to achieve political or religious goals are spread within Europe through media, literature and religious teachings. We advocate in European capitals to ensure that laws against religious or ethnic incitement of violence are effectively enforced.

Europe's principles of defending equal rights and individual freedoms, and supporting political pluralism and respect for the rule of law, are under assault in the international arena, as well as within the continent's boundaries. EFD brings the voices of dedicated activists in other countries who are fighting against totalitarianism and illiberal ideologies, and on behalf of pluralism and tolerance, to the policy-making tables of the EU and the capitals of Europe, as well as to the editorial boards of major media outlets.